Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-26
FROM THE .. 8. CAPITAL.
Woman Suffrage Among
the Senators
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xasfsnzl sufzraglsis.
WAsHNGruz. Jan. She Natioua
Woman Suffrage Assosiatio1 met hefl
tsday for the nineseenlh annual con
vention- Miss Sasan b. Anshcay de
hvered the opening address, and at 4
ooscluson read . letter froa1 Eiixsbetl
Cady Stanton, Pro ideRt Of the Asso
eiatian. who 10 IN Europe. several n
ports were read and accepted, afte
which Mra. Harriet K. Shatf1ck spek
upon the subieet Of the aW0man Whl
Asks and the Woman Who Ohieots."
hlezFakumn Cnnml Eemse.
There has been Ne correspondents be
tween this country and Nicaragua rela
since 1885, bat within q few dsya intel
vsntion has BEEN signed BY NicaraguI
and Costa Rica fer the sEbitrati0n o
their boundary dispuis by the Presiden
Of the United States The deeision o
the convention only awaits ratification
and exchange to be fuil and final dis
position Of the question Of jurisdiction
over part Of the proposed canal r01ts
new BkIis.
Senator Morgan today introduced az
Amendments to the bill 70 create the De
partmenf Of AeKicultnre, providing for
the transfer Of the Higaal Service to the
civil authorities.
Senator Beek's bill, introduced today,
to amend the oleomaFRaEine iaw, re-
dueW The annual tax on wholesale deal
ers u o.eeEnargaribe from $3.50 70 $luO,
and the license tax on retail dealers
from 34e 30 $12 per annum. The
license tax on manufacturers Of 0les-
margarine is left UNCHANGED.
The Mote An car own Eye.
WAsEnozos, Jan. 25.-The Cabinet
meeting today was attended By all ex-
oept the Secretary Of War, who Il out
Of the city. TIE principal topic Of dis
cussion was the sofion Of the senate
yesterday on the Canadian fishery quee-
ton, IN the course Of which Q question
arose ss to the legality Of the recent
seizares Of British vessels near the seal
islands for alleged violations Of laws
the hunting Of seals near the
islands.
Exports ana Imports.
The total valus Of exports for the six
months ended December 3lst, 1886. vas
k385, ,676, ,792; for 1885, &35l, ,9l3 ,956; for
The twelve months ended Decsmber 3lsa,
1886, R713, ,269 ,66S; for 1885, &6e8, ,2l9. .796.
The value Of imports for she six months
10 December 31st, 1856. was 1854, ,627 ,598;
loE. 1885, $3)6, ,S46, ,524; twelve months
snded December 3lst. 1886, S66S, Al, ,2l0;
lor 1885. $5s7 .s66.67S.
Government Revenues.
wAsHrsGroN, Jan. 25.-The report Of
he sixth Auditor Of the receipts and
of the Post Ohice De-
Dartment for the quarter ended Septem
Der 30, 1886, shows IS follows: Receipts,
sli ,072, ,94S; same quarter In 1885, $lO,-
s73.6 600; increase In receipta. 81 ,O45, ,bS6.
for the quarter ended
September 30, 1886. $12, ,767 ,596; for she
lame quarter 10 1885. $l2,42l, los; in
,reass in expenditures. $346;496. Ex-
,ess Of exper dituFes over receipts for
he quarter ended September 80, 1885,
y, 393. .740; net gain as compared with
1855, $685. 9,e92.
The collection Of internal revenue
Turing the ffst six months Of the fiscal
PEAR ending Jane Both. 1887. was $57,
SO3. $50, being q decrease Of 81 .054. $40
q compared with the corresponding
period Of the previous fiscal year. There
vas q decrease Of 50, 81. .644 IN eollee-
ions on spirits. an increase Of $6S3,6Sl
% tobacco, an increase Of I'LL, ,46l on
liquors, and an increase OF
b7l, ,o52 from misoslleneous sources. To-
al collections frem oleomAFRarine
inca Nov. 1st amounted to $29o, ,l04.
Aggregate receipts for December, 1886,
we're S261, ,63I less than those for De-
,ember, 1885. the decrease being mainly
n the collections on Spirits.
The Brilliant Mrs. Emmens.
WAsHrNoron, Jan. q. Hearing in the
zmnons lunacy case was resumed TO
lay. Mr.. A. Worth Spates, lawyer Of
Baltimore, testified 20 meeting aud
Mrs. Emmons In Cheyenne,
Wyoming, In 1879. he said be first met
ier at Q literary gathering, where she
cad an original paper, notable for its
lrilliancy. He met her frequently after
hat, and had seen her since then and
with her. He had met and
zen her also at this trial. he had not
any material change In her.
,he vas. be said, always regarded as 9
title eccsntric. she would drive faster
,orses than other people, and dress
most stylishly. On eFoss-examinati0n,
,pates said that be never knew her TO
10 anything that any Cheyenne lady
hOuld be. as FAMED Of. She was re-
larded as q brilliant tquestFienns, alss
brilliant woman men ally. She used
o ride through the streets attended By
en- or . dozen hounds.
From she Hease ts the senate.
Hiscock Of New York app aFed in the
House this morning, and vas warmly
BY bis colleagues upon
lis success in the Senatorial contest 10
lev York.
An enrolled copy Of the Inter-State
Jommerce bill vas signed by the
speaker, and after it has been signed
y the presidiaG ofiSeF OF the Senate
viii be sent - the President.
The senate.
wAsHuoroE. Jan. 25.-FarxsIl, SEN
tor elect frem Illinois. bad the oath Of
Ifioe administered to him, and took the
eat recently occupied By O1llsm, while
be latter took thai Of the late Senator
so9an-
Dawes, from the Oonferencs Commit
90 on the bill to provide for the allot-
nent Of lands in seveFalty 10 Indians 10
ha various reservations, and to extend
he protection Of the laws Of the United
hates and Of the Territories over such
indiana made Fau0Ff
DoIph inquired whether the limit Of
5 years, fixed as the time before which
ands owned BY Indians could Be aiien-
ted, had been reduced.
Dawes replied it had not bcen aBd
be time limiting the poser sf alienn-
ion had not been reduced. On the con-
rsry the President was authorized 10
Ixtend the limit IN particular cases.
as soon as an individual Indian took up
Is allotment, be vas 10 have . paient,
shink patent wonld be held BY the Gov
rnment for . years, 81 the end Of
shich time be vas to get patent IN fee.
IftsF farther explanation the report
vas agreed to.
Blair moved 70 lay aside the an
inishsd business, and 10 take up the
,ropossd Weman Sadraee Oonafiiu
ioRal Amsndment- Carried, p 10 IA.
Before proceedin9 with consideration
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